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O, ye sweet Mountain Flower (Fragment 105B)

from Mad Heart: Sappho's Fragments in Song: Live at LitCrawl 2022 by Cadence Chung

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O, ye sweet mountain flower
Blooming in the mist
O, ye sweet mountain flower
with the morning dew you are kissed, kissed

O’er the hills comes the shepherd
with his careless feet
who can blame him, who can blame him
for crushing something so sweet
so sweet, sweet

For beauty is a flame that goes unfed
It burns so bright and leaves you hungry
Beauty is a siren
Calling, calling, with no answer but the
rain, oh, beauty is not made for me
I wither under your cruel feet
my beauty
Have mercy, mercy on me

O, ye sweet mountain flower
Blooming in the mist
O, ye dead mountain flower
By Hades you were kissed

In death’s dream.
But a stain, but a scarlet stream.
But a stain, but a scarlet stream.

Ah, ah, ah, ah.

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Cadence Chung Wellington, New Zealand

Cadence Chung is a poet, composer, musician, and student from Te-Whanganui-a-Tara. Her poetry has been published widely, with her debut chapbook 'anomalia' released in April 2022 with Tender Press. Her original musical 'In Blind Faith' debuted at BATS Theatre in August 2022, and she is currently studying Classical Voice at the New Zealand School of Music. ... more

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